Research Technician
443-482-2436
Staff Profile
Biography
Education:
B.S. Marine Science, Stockton University, 1998
M.S. Zoology, North Carolina State University, 2003
Research Interests:
Long-term fish and invertebrate surveys, Estuarine and marine ecology, Population and community ecology, DNA barcoding and genetic reference libraries, Invasive species, Active and passive biotelemetry of fish and invertebrates, Fish movement, Gut content analysis, Electrofishing techniques, Blue Crab mark-recapture, Blue Crab population and fishery dynamics, Scientific diving, Biodiversity surveys, Herpetological monitoring, Anuran calling surveys
Contact Info:
aguilarr@si.edu
Office: 443-482-2436
Fax: 443-482-2380
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
647 Contees Wharf Road
Edgewater, MD 21037
Publications
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(2024). Caribbean Creeping Crabs: northward expansion of the green porcelain crab in North Carolina, USA . Bioinvasions Records, 13 (1) , . http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2024.13.1.10
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(2023). Oyster reef habitat depends on environmental conditions and management across large spatial scales . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 721 , . http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14426
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(2022). Unresolved taxonomy confounds invasive species identification: the Lysmata vittata Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda: Caridea: Lysmatidae) species complex and recent introduction of Lysmata vittata sensu stricto in the western Atlantic . Journal of Crustacean Biology, 42 (1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruab079
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(2021). The influence of blue crab movement on mark-recapture estimates of recreational harvest and exploitation . Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 78 (4) , 371-385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0112
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(2020). Detection of a Mature Atlantic Sturgeon in the Patuxent River, Maryland, Using Passive Acoustic Telemetry. Northeastern Naturalist, 27 (4) , 792-802. http://dx.doi.org/10.1656/045.027.0417
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(2020). Detection of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola at two mid-Atlantic natural areas in Anne Arundel County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia, USA . Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 14 (1) , 22-28.
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(2019). Molecular and morphological confirmation of an invasive American isopod; Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818, from the Mediterranean region to Lake Qaroun, Egypt . Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 23 (4) , 251-273. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/ejabf.2019.54062
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(2019). Molecular confirmation of Ophidiomyces ophidiodiicola in Crotalus horridus and Agkistrodon contortrix . Catesbeiana, 39 (1) , 35-37.
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(2018). Prevalence of the pathogenic crustacean virus Callinectes sapidus reovirus 1 near flow-through blue crab aquaculture in Chesapeake Bay, USA . Diseases of aquatic organisms, 129 (2) , 135-144. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao03232